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Set up ls aliases in my bash startup
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# Prefer using eza for my big five ls aliases. If it's not there, then check | |
# to see if we're on macOS which has different ls flags than Linux's ls. | |
# Finally, assume we're using Linux. | |
# From https://stackoverflow.com/questions/592620/how-to-check-if-a-program-exists-from-a-bash-script | |
if hash eza 2>/dev/null ; then | |
base='eza -F -B -g --smart-group --git --no-quotes' | |
alias ls="$base" | |
alias ll="$base -l" | |
alias la="$base -l -aa" # The -aa is intentional. | |
alias lt="$base -l --sort=newest" | |
alias ltr="$base -l --sort=oldest" | |
unset base | |
elif [[ $OSTYPE =~ ^darwin ]] ; then | |
base='ls -GF' | |
# Mac has -G for color. | |
alias ls="$base" | |
alias ll="$base -l" | |
alias la="$base -l -a" | |
alias lt="$base -l -t" | |
alias ltr="$base -l -t -r" | |
unset base | |
else | |
base='ls --color=auto -F' | |
alias ls="$base" | |
alias ll="$base -l" | |
alias la="$base -l -A" | |
alias lt="$base -l -t" | |
alias ltr="$base -l -t -r" | |
unset base | |
fi |
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